Live coverage of the Occupy Madison protests: Week 1

Join us here for live-coverage of the #OccupyMadison encampment, commencing at Reynolds Park on the near east of Madison on Friday, October 7. The demonstration is one of many starting around the United States, organized in solidarity with and seeking to build upon the ongoing Occupy Wall Street series of protests based around Zuccotti Park and Manhattan's Financial District in New York City.

As is the case with encampments in other cities, this demonstration is being organized, in large part, via social media, including Facebook and Twitter.

#OccupyMadison organizing hasn't been exclusively conducted online, though. Participants in the demonstration have been making plans over the last week with a series of general assembly meetings hosted by the People's Arts Collective. Nevertheless, the online component of #OccupyMadison organizing has grown swiftly, as interest in the mother demonstration on Wall Street has.